- I really haven’t talked about it much, but according to the folks at insert credit, Doukutsu Monogatari a.k.a. Cave Story, a freeware action/adventure/puzzle title from Japan, is being heralded as “the next Katamari Damacy”. I really can’t verify or refute that since it’s a PC title and I’m on a Mac pretty much exclusively, but it does look awfully neat, so I’m gonna finally try and get it running on of the PC’s at work tomorrow. So if anyone else is interested, you can download the game here and an English patch here.
- Also via IC, here’s a site that is, quite simply, my new favorite site of all time: a place that has translated a ton of material related Radiant Silvergun. Aside from from enjoying the breathtaking visuals and sounds, mastering the most imaginative bosses ever seen in a shooter, perfecting combos, and finding hidden dogs, part of the appeal of RS was its bizarre narrative, like the numerous “warnings” one would receive before each boss battle. It’s nice to finally have one place that lists all the “BE ATTITUDE FOR GAINS…”
- Again, via IC, here’s the Axe*Synth, part sythn-guitar, part theremin. The heart of it is a chip that was originally created for the old Speak N’ Spell, but was used in arcade machines, like Asteroids. I’m a pretty big fan of using old game technology as musical devices, but this is so far from anything I’ve ever seen. Be sure to listen to the sample mp3 and the video.
- Speaking of music, anyone who’s played Bare Knuckles/Street of Rage knows how rocking those old Genesis tunes were. So here’s a 42-minute medley of Yuzo Koshiro’s greatest work.
- Remember the Resident Evil 4 chainsaw controller? Well it’s finally out, and it’s far smaller than many people expected.
Yikes. Now that it really does fit in the palms of a child’s hands, Nintendo is gonna get ever more flack for this.
- And remember that Total Immersion video from before? Well here’s a few more.
I find it funny how almost everyone has made sort of connection between it and the new Nintendo console. Guess that’s what happens when you code name your system “Revolution”; anything sort of being such is going to really disappoint a ton of folks.
- Back to the IC, the ever-awesome Chaz, along with a buddy of his, has ripped the soundtrack from a TV MahJong game, and it’s quite nice. Do yourself a favor and just take a listen.
If you want more info, go here. I swear, if Track #6 doesn’t make you a chiptunes fan, nothing will.
- Finally, if you got to Newgrounds, you’re going to find a mountain of really shitty Flash cartoons that center on gaming, with most of them relating to Final Fantasy and role playing games in some fashion. Some are rather crude, while other are slickly produced, but they’re pretty much all exactly alike: there’s plenty of jokes that “poke fun” at the types of people who obsess over video game, in particular Square titles (though it’s never honest enough if you ask me), as well as jokes that no one is going to get unless they’re familiar with role playing conventions (and all thrown at your face at the rate of twenty every ten seconds), “leveling up” sight gags, far too liberal use of internet jargon (guess what? LOL is already lame, so I don’t need to see it used outside of an AOL chat window), some dweeb yelling “Hadoken!”, a strained attempt at being cutesy via the “Chibi” style, plenty of Chocobos (those are the big yellow chickens you see in every FF game), the word bitch is used ad nauseam, and that damn FF victory chime played over and over and over again (usually lifted from FF6 or 7).
Well here’s one that pretty much fits the bill from top to bottom, and does it so well that, somehow, is actually sorta good! Though I want to make it clear: it’s not good good, but…. just check it for yourself. Though please, If you think it sucks, fine, I just please don’t second guess my taste from now on because of this one thing.
